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IN REFERENCE TO THE NUMBER OF CITIZENS OF NEW 

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STATES DURING THE CIVIL WAR 

OF 1861-65. 



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Adjutant General 



IN REFERENCE TO THE NUMBER OF CITIZENS OF NEW 

JERSEY SERVING IN REGIMENTS OF OTHER 

STATES DURING THE CIVIL WAR 

OF 1861-65. 



TO THE SENATE OF NEW JERSEY. 




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REP^ORT. 



State of New Jersey, ] 

Office of Adjutant General, > 

Trenton, February 24th, 1880. J 

Hon. William H. Francis, Chairman of Committee on Claims and 
Pensions, Senate of New Jersey ; 

Sir : — By direction of the Senate, Senate Bills Nos. 57 and 59, 
and Assembly Bills Nos. 71 and 84 have been referred to you for a 
statement as to the number of men, who were citizens of New Jer- 
sey, who performed military service in the regiments of other States 
during the civil war, 1861-65, were not credited upon the quota of 
our State, and hence did not become entitled to or receive State pay. 

At your request, I reply that the records of this office show that 
the following organizations of other States were recruited in this 
State : 

Company I, 11th Reg. Penn. Cavalry, 

Company H, 2d Reg. Penn. Heavy Artillery, 

Company H, 47th Reg. New York Infantry, 

Companies D and H, 48th Reg. New York Infantry, 

Companies E and H, 1st Reg. New York Engineers, 

Bramhall's New York Battery, 

Company A, 20th Reg. New York Infantry, 

Companies A and B, 2d Reg. New York Cavalry, 

Companies A, F, I and K, and one-half each of Companies B, G and 

D, 70th Reg. New York Infantry — Excelsior Brigade, 
Companies D, E and F, 71st Reg. New York Infantry — Excelsior 

Brigade, 
Company I, 72d Reg. New York Infantry — Excelsior Brigade, 
Several small detachments for the Veteran Reserve Corps. 

The three regiments of the Excelsior Brigade had 1,200 men of 
this State in their ranks ; the Veteran Reserve Corps Detachment 
about 100 men, and the eleven other companies mentioned, at least 
800 men— in all, 2,100 soldiers. 

I have the honor to be, yours, very truly, 

WILLIAM S. STRYKER, 
Adjutant General of Xeio Jersey. 



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